Long-term analgesic use after low-risk surgery: A retrospective cohort study

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 425-430

  Alam, Asim ^a,d   Gomes, Tara ^b   Zheng, Hong ^b   Mamdani, Muhammad M ^a,b,c,d,e   Juurlink, David N ^a,b   Bell, Chaim M ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; FENTANYL; HYDROMORPHONE; LONG ACTING DRUG; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; OXYCODONE; PETHIDINE;

AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PATIENT; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; VARICOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; ONTARIO; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858432970     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.1827     Document Type: Article

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